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Tula diesel Dynamic Skip Fire shows 74 percent reduction in NOx emissions
Tula diesel Dynamic Skip Fire shows 74 percent reduction in NOx emissions Cummins Inc. and Tula Technology, Inc., a leader in propulsion efficiency, announced today at the Society of Automotive Engine...
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Samsung introduces PixCell LED for Intelligent Headlight Systems
Samsung introduces PixCell LED for Intelligent Headlight Systems Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a world leader in advanced digital component solutions, today announced PixCell LED, a new automotive LE...
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Avinor takes step towards autonomous snow removal for Norwegian airports
Avinor takes step towards autonomous snow removal for Norwegian airports Norwegian airport operator Avinor is now taking the next step towards autonomous snow removal through a new framework agreement...
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Air Taxis will utilize next-generation batteries and motors
Air Taxis will utilize next-generation batteries and motors Electrical Vertical Take-off and Landing aircraft (eVTOL) are moving from science fiction to reality, enabled by rapid advancements in elect...
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Faraday Future selects NVIDIA DRIVE Orin for Autonomous FF 91 Luxury EV
Faraday Future selects NVIDIA DRIVE Orin for Autonomous FF 91 Luxury EV Faraday Future, a California-based global shared intelligent mobility ecosystem company, announced today that it is deploying th...
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Comau UK develops battery manufacturing line for UK Battery Industrialisation Centre
Comau UK develops battery manufacturing line for UK Battery Industrialisation Centre Comau UK has been selected by the UK Battery Industrialisation Centre (UKBIC) to develop and deploy a semi-automate...
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FreeWire Boost Charger reduces installation and operating costs for Vehicle Charging
FreeWire Boost Charger reduces installation and operating costs for Vehicle Charging FreeWire Technologies, a leader in electric vehicle (EV) charging and power solutions, today announced that an inde...
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Eaton Power Distribution Technology selected by OEM for Electric Vehicle Platform
Eaton Power Distribution Technology selected by OEM for Electric Vehicle Platform Power management company Eaton announced its eMobility business secured a contract to supply power distribution units...
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Insight LiDAR develops Gesture Detection Technology for Autonomous Vehicles
Insight LiDAR develops Gesture Detection Technology for Autonomous Vehicles Autonomous Vehicle (AV) technology company Insight LiDAR today announced that its product, Insight 1600, is the first LiDAR...
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Hyliion forms Hypertruck Innovation Council to advance electric transportation
Hyliion forms Hypertruck Innovation Council to advance electric transportation Hyliion Holdings Corp., a leader in electrified powertrain solutions for Class 8 semi-trucks, today announced the formati...
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Truck transport is a logistical and engineering win
Truck transport is a logistical and engineering win Business owners are focused on reducing expenses and increasing income. That’s the basic definition of what a for-profit organization does. Bu...
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Autonomous truck company Plus fundraising reaches US$420m
Autonomous truck company Plus fundraising reaches US$420m Plus, a leading provider of self-driving truck technology, today announced it has added $220 million in new financing co-led by FountainVest P...
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Panasonic and McAfee build Vehicle SOC to commercialise Vehicle Security Monitoring
Panasonic and McAfee build Vehicle SOC to commercialise Vehicle Security Monitoring Panasonic Corporation and McAfee Corp. have agreed to jointly start building a Vehicle Security Operation Centre to...
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Optimus Ride and Polaris partner for Autonomous GEM Electric Vehicles
Optimus Ride and Polaris partner for Autonomous GEM Electric Vehicles Optimus Ride, a leading autonomous mobility service provider, and Polaris Inc. today announced a partnership to bring fully autono...
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WaveSense secures $15m to accelerate next-generation ADAS and Autonomous Features
WaveSense secures $15m to accelerate next-generation ADAS and Autonomous Features WaveSense, the world’s only provider of Ground Positioning Radar™ (GPR) for precise vehicle localization, annou...
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Semiconductor shortage threatens to halt connected car development
Semiconductor shortage threatens to halt connected car development The dwindling supplies of the semiconductors relied upon by car manufacturers, the unprecedented weather in Texas and a recent factor...
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SF Express selects Plus for China’s first self-driving Commercial Freight Pilot
SF Express selects Plus for China’s first self-driving Commercial Freight Pilot Plus (formerly Plus.ai), a leading company in self-driving truck technology, announced today that SF Express has s...
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Heavy-duty vehicle powertrain decarbonisation gets nearer with free piston engines
Heavy-duty vehicle powertrain decarbonisation gets nearer with free piston engines Libertine FPE, the creator of Smart Engine control technology for free piston engine generators, has secured funding...
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Partnership bringing Surfsight Video Telematics into the Geotab Ecosystem
Partnership bringing Surfsight Video Telematics into the Geotab Ecosystem Geotab, a global leader in IoT and connected transportation, together with Lytx®, a global leader and pioneer of video telemat...
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Phison Electronics joins the Automotive Edge Computing Consortium
Phison Electronics joins the Automotive Edge Computing Consortium Phison Electronics Corp., a global leader in NAND Flash controller integrated circuits and storage solutions, announced today that it...
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Unity and HERE developing next-generation embedded automotive interfaces
Unity and HERE developing next-generation embedded automotive interfaces Unity, the world’s leading platform for creating and operating real-time 3D (RT3D) content, today announced a collaborative agr...
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IAM RoadSmart study finds motorists consider autonomous vehicles dangerous
IAM RoadSmart study finds motorists consider autonomous vehicles dangerous A study from the UK’s largest independent road safety charity, IAM RoadSmart, has revealed that 60 percent of motorists consi...
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ACEINNA and Point One Navigation launch OpenARC for precise positioning
ACEINNA and Point One Navigation launch OpenARC for precise positioning ACEINNA, one of the world’s leading developers of inertial based guidance and navigation systems for autonomous vehicles and dev...
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XPeng aims for 3,675 km Autonomous Driving Expedition in China
XPeng aims for 3,675 km Autonomous Driving Expedition in China XPeng Inc., a Chinese smart electric vehicle company, has kicked off the autonomous driving expedition with a fleet of XPeng P7s, coverin...
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Velodyne Lidar demonstrates how advanced LiDAR technology improves Pedestrian Safety
Velodyne Lidar demonstrates how advanced LiDAR technology improves Pedestrian Safety Velodyne Lidar, Inc. showed how with lidar technology, Pedestrian Automated Emergency Braking (PAEB) systems can be...
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AECOM partners with Houston METRO to automate zero emissions transit technology
AECOM partners with Houston METRO to automate zero emissions transit technology AECOM, the world’s premier infrastructure consulting firm, has partnered with Houston METRO, the region’s largest public...
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Audi mobilises Swarm Data to create Intelligent Mobility
Audi mobilises Swarm Data to create Intelligent Mobility Audi is taking another step towards safer and more intelligent mobility by using high-precision swarm data for the first time to optimise the s...
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Mott MacDonald develops masterplan for first hydrogen transport hub in UK
Mott MacDonald develops masterplan for first hydrogen transport hub in UK Mott MacDonald has developed a masterplan for the UK’s first ever multi-modal hydrogen transport hub for the UK Department for...
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TruckLabs successfully tests TruckWings to save diesel
TruckLabs successfully tests TruckWings to save diesel TruckLabs, a technology company helping transform the trucking industry, announced today that Maxway Trucking, a provider of specialized freight...
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Insight LiDAR enhances sensor with longer-range, high-resolution, 360 degree coverage
Insight LiDAR enhances sensor with longer-range, high-resolution, 360 degree coverage Insight LiDAR, a global leader in Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave (FMCW) LiDAR sensors on a chip, has announce...
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Ford Dagenham to provide advanced technology diesel engines for Ford Transits
Ford Dagenham to provide advanced technology diesel engines for Ford Transits Ford announced today that Ford Dagenham Engine Plant to the east of London will manufacture the latest advanced technology...
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REE unveils REEcorners and EV Platforms designed for Commercial Electric Vehicles
REE unveils REEcorners and EV Platforms designed for Commercial Electric Vehicles REE Automotive, an innovator in e-mobility, which recently announced its merger with 10X Capital Venture Acquisition C...
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Perceived high costs of charging Electric vehicles seen as a barrier to adoption
Perceived high costs of charging Electric vehicles seen as a barrier to adoption The perceived high charging costs of electric vehicles is a key barrier preventing consumers switching from combustion...
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Albertsons and Tortoise launch remote-controlled delivery cart trials in California
Albertsons and Tortoise launch remote-controlled delivery cart trials in California Albertsons Companies announced today that it has partnered with Tortoise, an automated logistics company focused on...
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Seegrid launches the first Autonomous Lift-truck
Seegrid launches the first Autonomous Lift-truck Seegrid Corporation, the leader in autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) for material handling, premiered a new autonomous lift truck, Palion Lift AMR, furth...
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First automotive-grade solid-state LiDAR production line launched in China
First automotive-grade solid-state LiDAR production line launched in China RoboSense announced the launch of China’s first automotive-grade solid-state LiDAR production line and would start mass produ...
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GM accelerating an all-electric future with battery range and cost improvements
GM accelerating an all-electric future with battery range and cost improvements Today at a Washington Post Live virtual conference, General Motors President Mark Reuss provided more details about GM’s...
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AEye LiDAR powering the next generation of car and truck ADAS Solutions
AEye LiDAR powering the next generation of car and truck ADAS Solutions AEye, Inc., a global leader in active, high-performance LiDAR solutions, today announced that it has established new LiDAR perfo...
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Road safety benefiting from Big Data
Road safety benefiting from Big Data Whenever we drive a connected car, dozens of gigabytes of data are generated anonymously and collected by its numerous sensors and electronic components, such as t...
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Rideshare safety concerns grow as Uber and Lyft safety concerns increase
Rideshare safety concerns grow as Uber and Lyft safety concerns increase Until a decade ago, the ridesharing industry was non-existent. Fast forward to now, and the industry is growing in popularity a...
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NVIDIA DRIVE Orin driving the next-generation of Plus autonomous truck technology
NVIDIA DRIVE Orin driving the next-generation of Plus autonomous truck technology Plus (formerly Plus.ai), a leading company in self-driving truck technology, announced today that it will equip the ne...
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Developing an Autonomous Freight Network within the US regulatory landscape
Developing an Autonomous Freight Network within the US regulatory landscape The US Department of Transportation has taken many steps over the last five years to clarify the Federal, State and local ro...
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Biffa launching largest Electric Waste Vehicle Fleet in Manchester
Biffa launching largest Electric Waste Vehicle Fleet in Manchester The country’s largest fleet of electric refuse vehicles (eRCV) will start taking to the streets of Manchester today as Biffa, the UK’...
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Commercial micromobility Conference set for 1 April in the Middle East
Commercial micromobility Conference set for 1 April in the Middle East With their constant appetite for innovation, GCC cities should arguably be the most dynamic playgrounds for new transportation an...
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British drivers facing major Car Tax changes for 2021
British drivers facing major Car Tax changes for 2021 British drivers could be facing major changes in 2021, with proposals being tabled for a range of new schemes, which could impact driver taxes in...
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Mobileye, Transdev ATS and Lohr Group developing Autonomous Shuttles
Mobileye, Transdev ATS and Lohr Group developing Autonomous Shuttles Mobileye, an Intel Company, Transdev Autonomous Transport System (ATS), part of Transdev Group dedicated to autonomous mobility sol...
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Fisker and Foxconn to collaborate on Electric Vehicle Project
Fisker and Foxconn to collaborate on Electric Vehicle Project Fisker Inc., designer and manufacturer of the world’s most emotion-stirring, eco-friendly electric vehicles, and advanced mobility soluti...
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Carvana’s colourful new Car Vending Machine delivers with a spin in Las Vegas
Carvana’s colourful new Car Vending Machine delivers with a spin in Las Vegas Today, leading online auto retailer Carvana launched its newest Car Vending Machine in Las Vegas with a special spin...
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US Postal Service awards Oshkosh billion dollar contract for 165,000 electric vehicles
US Postal Service awards Oshkosh billion dollar contract for 165,000 electric vehicles The U.S. Postal Service announced yesterday that it has awarded a 10-year contract to Oshkosh, WI, based Oshkosh...
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Michelin promises 100 percent sustainable tyres by 2050
Michelin promises 100 percent sustainable tyres by 2050 Inspired by the VISION concept tyre introduced in 2017, an airless, connected, rechargeable and entirely sustainable solution, the Michelin Grou...
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